Hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee - Baptist Hospital (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Baptist Hospital is a not-for-profit community hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, United States and the largest such hospital in Middle Tennessee. It is licensed for 683 acute and rehab care beds. Baptist Hospital is one of the Saint Thomas Health Services family of hospitals, which also includes Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro and Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville. Throughout 2009, the hospital is celebrating 90 years of providing health care in Nashville and Middle Tennessee. The celebration kicked off on March 20 with a 90th birthday party for Anita Kilby Lewis, who was born to the hospital's first patient. A Heritage of Healing for 90 YearsIn 1918, an influenza epidemic ravaged Nashville and out of this crisis Baptist Hospital was established. Originally known as Protestant Hospital, it was incorporated on December 12, 1918, by L.A Bowers, Leslie Creek, E.B. Craig, R.M. Dudley and John A. Pitts. The 10-and-a-half-acre plot bought from the Murphy estate consisted of two adjoining city blocks, bounded by four city streets: Patterson Street on the north, Church Street on the south, 20th Avenue on the east and 21st Avenue on the west. There were two buildings one became the hospital and one became the dormitory for the School of Nursing. On March 20, 1919, Protestant Hospital opened its doors. It was equipped with 80 beds and a fully equipped surgical department. In the first year alone, 2,233 patients were treated; 1,685 of them had major surgery. Gladys Kilby was the first patient admitted and gave birth to a baby girl, Anita Kilby Lewis. Debt grew quickly during the Great Depression and during World War II. As a result of the ongoing financial difficulties, the ownership of Prote... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19865227